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Charles C. Bridge

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Charles C. Bridge

Counsel

New York + 1 212 295 6418

Charlie Bridge represents clients at the trial and appellate levels in a wide range of civil litigation matters. He has experience guiding clients through class actions and other complex disputes in a variety of contexts, including securities litigation, shareholder and corporate-governance litigation, antitrust litigation, bankruptcy-related litigation, and ERISA fiduciary-duty litigation. 

Mr. Bridge's pro bono practice is also wide-ranging and has included work on behalf of noncitizens in removal proceedings, criminal defendants, and plaintiffs in wage-and-hour litigation. He was a member of the WilmerHale team that helped to exonerate Jaythan Kendrick, who was released from prison in 2020 after serving 25 years for a wrongful murder conviction.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Bridge was a law clerk for the Honorable Sandra L. Lynch of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. While in law school, he was managing editor of the Yale Law Journal, a student director of the Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic, and a summer associate at the firm in 2015.

Recognition

  • Named a New York Metro Rising Star by Super Lawyers for business litigation in 2020–2025.
  • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for appellate law (2023–2025).

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Yale Law School, 2016

      Managing Editor, Yale Law Journal

    • AB, Classics, Harvard College, 2011

      magna cum laude

      Phi Beta Kappa

  • Admissions

    • New York

    • Massachusetts

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Sandra L. Lynch, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2016 - 2017

Credentials

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